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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.2 - Manufacture Of Footwear
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
9 December 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Italian company Maritan will relocate parts of its production from Romania and Moldavia back to Italy due to the customer demand increase. According to Katia Maritan - daughter of the company founder - reshoring is a response to a niche market where customer care more about quality and made-in Italy effect, rather than price. The company previously offshored to Eastern Europe because of the production costs.
Eurofound (2016), Maritan, Reshoring in Italy, factsheet number 133, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/133.
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